Two months after the dissolution of former Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga’s cabinet, no new government has been formed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Despite the appointment of Sama Lukonde Kyenge as Prime Minister on 15 February, the formation of the new government has been slow to come into being.
This delay has led to a slowdown in the function of the state and the implementation of priority reforms earmarked by President Félix Tshisekedi.
These include institutional reforms, the adoption of the new electoral law, the good governance project and the fight against corruption.
In a country where political cleavages have often got the better of governments, Tshisekedi must play on several strings to preserve his new majority in order to consolidate his power.
But the heterogeneous configuration of the Sacred Union, his new coalition, is delaying the choice of men and creating divergences over the distribution of ministerial posts.
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